Angela E Smith was this morning (2 July) confirmed as the minister who has been handed the task of producing the government’s overdue response to the public administration select committee (PASC) inquiry into lobbying.
Former Diageo lobbyist Wendy Deller has left global banking giant Barclays after almost four years to re-establish her own public policy and CSR consultancy, Policy Profile.
Smith Square-based recruitment company Ellwood & Atfield (E&A) has signed up Jonathan Sheppard to work for the company in an ‘advisory capacity’.
THE QUESTION: Should MPs be banned from having second jobs?
With effect from this month, MPs will be required to register monthly the earnings they get from outside jobs; and backbench Labour MP John Mann is to put down a resolution at this year’s party conference that would ban MPs from having sec...
Sixteen years in Whitehall have stood David Moir in good stead as head of policy and public affairs at the Association of Charity Shops. Here, he reflects on his civil service career and explains the challenges of his current role to Adam Hill
Parliamentary receptions have always been an integral part of the public affairs campaign toolkit. But how do you make them work? We asked industry experts for their top tips
Six months on from Barack Obama’s inauguration as US president, Dave Wenhold laments the ‘venom emanating from the White House’ as he details the progress of the much-touted crackdown on lobbyists
The ‘register of interest representatives’ – which is one year old this month – continues to face heavy criticism, despite more and more organisations signing up. Flawed though it is, the register has its uses, argues Public Affairs News editor Ian Hall, who mines its pages to produce a ranking of ...
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